Wike Urges Rivers Voters To Reject Atiku, Amaechi, Obi

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has urged Rivers State voters to reject former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi and former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi within the 2027 presidential election.

He described the political gamblers chasing presidential ambitions with no clear imaginative and prescient for Nigeria.

Wike spoke at a rainbow coalition city corridor assembly in Ayama, Abua/Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State, the place he canvassed assist for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.

Addressing conventional rulers, social gathering members and group representatives, the minister warned residents towards entrusting their political future to politicians he accused of repeatedly searching for the presidency with out providing concrete options to the nation’s issues.

“Don’t trust your destiny to political gamblers. Don’t trust your destiny to ‘kalokalo’ people,” he stated.

Wike argued that some politicians contest presidential elections each 4 years within the hope of recovering earlier political investments relatively than pursuing a clearly outlined nationwide improvement agenda.

He singled out Atiku and Amaechi, whom he linked to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), and Obi, whom he recognized because the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), describing them as political gamblers.

“These people are political gamblers and you cannot give your destiny to ‘kalokalo’ people; you cannot hand over your destiny to political gamblers.

“Give a destiny to somebody who we know, who has tried all this, and he has done it,” Wike stated.

The minister argued that repeated makes an attempt to safe political workplace ought to be pushed by a transparent nationwide imaginative and prescient relatively than private ambition or the need to recuperate political investments.

Wike additionally challenged Amaechi to account for his contributions to Abua/Odual, urging residents to guage political leaders by the tasks they’d accomplished relatively than their marketing campaign guarantees.

He defended his personal report as Rivers State governor, asking residents to think about tasks executed throughout his administration when deciding whom to assist within the 2027 elections.

The minister additionally praised Tinubu’s administration, crediting it with stabilising key sectors of the economic system and restoring industrial concord in tertiary establishments, though he didn’t present particular examples in the course of the remarks reported.

Wike urged residents to assist Tinubu’s re-election bid and candidates backed by the Rainbow Coalition within the 2027 common elections.

He listed Kingsley Chinda for governor, Felix Obua for the Rivers West Senatorial District and Solomon Boss for the Abua/Odual-Ahoada East Federal Constituency, alongside Tinubu for president. He stated the candidates had been working underneath the All Progressives Congress (APC).

He additionally known as on residents to assist John Iderima, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Abua/Odual State Constituency.

Speaking on the assembly, Chinda praised Wike for visiting communities to mobilise assist for Tinubu and different candidates endorsed by the Rainbow Coalition.

“This is a system that we will sustain when we come into government. We have learnt from him, and we will continue.

“It will be a bottom-up approach; the people will decide and determine their fate in government,” Chinda stated.

Earlier, Professor Continue Eketu, talking on behalf of Abua/Odual communities, described Wike as his political idol and listed tasks executed within the native authorities space throughout Wike’s tenure as governor.

Eketu praised the minister’s management and stated the communities had resolved to assist candidates endorsed by the Rainbow Coalition within the 2027 elections.

“We have decided and agreed to vote massively for all candidates of the Rainbow Coalition,” he stated.